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October 12, 2009 Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5
Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5
Ridden Trail:
Once a week
Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Reviewed by: Dion Rides
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Cross Country Rider Summary:
This is the only trail I ride around here and I probably ride it 3-5 times a week. It's within riding distance from my house and I do a quick loop: entering from Harry Rd. off Los Alamitos Creek Trail, through a flat single track and enter in the Fortini entrance. From there, depending on how much time I have, I'll just go for a quick climb that takes me to Stile Ranch Trail, which is a serious rock fest. Some folks climb it, but I'd rather not on my hardtail. I only see full suspension bikes going up.
Most of the trails are double tracks or fire roads and yes, they can be boring compared to trails of the UCSC caliber (most trails in San Jose are boring). However, I love mountain bike riding, and this is all I have that doesn't warrant me loading up the bike in the truck and driving somewhere. I've ridden my rigid 29er in fixed-gear and single-speed mode on this trail without a problem.
Traction is not very good since it's dry and loose in some areas, so you'll have to play with air-pressure if you're on a SS or hardtail. The climbing can get steep in some areas and if you're on a single-speed you may have to mash up the hills or even walk them depending on your fitness level.
These trails are not worth loading up and driving to unless you prefer fire roads and climbing to single tracks and obstacles. I'd love to sneak in some kicker jumps or small ladders here and there, but they'd get torn down.
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Review Date
April 15, 2009 Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5
Technical Difficulty
2 of 5
Ridden Trail:
Once a month
Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Reviewed by: mtbpolyman
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Cross Country Rider Summary:
There needs to be a much more consistent means of rating these trails. I don't blame you because there don't seem to be any good trails in they bay, but please. I keep reading reviews on here about technical and exciting singletracks. I go try them only to find lame fireroads and flat jaunts that my grandma could do. Santa Teresa with rocky ridge is no exception. Those of you labelling anything in santa teresa as advanced need to visit someplace with TRUE mountain biking and be enlightened. It's fair to say my downhill bike is pretty useless in the bay.
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Review Date
April 10, 2008 Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty
 5 of 5
Technical Difficulty
4 of 5
Ridden Trail:
Once a week
Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Reviewed by: pancitpalabok
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Weekend Warrior Summary:
Even when flattened by freagin volunteers. It's still pretty fun.
All you Santa Teresa hater GO AWAY. More fun for us.
****SHORT BUT FUN****
By the way last weekend someone busted a wrist and had to walk half way down. If you're not careful here you'll get hurt.
Do not go off the trail. Big rocks hiding in the grass.
Recommended Route:
Up and down Rocky Ridge to Stile's Ranch.
You can start from Carl's jr. for extra mileage.
Other recommended trails in the same area:
South Bay?
Demo(Corral, Braille, SawPit)
Gap
Steven's Canyon
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Review Date
March 18, 2008 Overall Rating
 1 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty
2 of 5
Technical Difficulty
 1 of 5
Ridden Trail:
Once a week
Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Reviewed by: stiletto
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Cross Country Rider Summary:
Rest in Peace, Rocky Ridge. Thanks to the idiotic, County Parks and Trails Workers? (That's an oxymoron: County WORKERS...) Thank you for destroying a once 5 star single track trail. You have now created another fire road. Fire roads cause more erosion that nature-made single-track trails!!! Which is exactly what Rocky Ridge WAS: A natural single track which followed the ridge's natural pitch. Again, May you rest in peace, Rocky Ridge. Recommended Route:
None. I'm sure the idiots will take a bobcat to Stiles also...... Other recommended trails in the same area:
Why, so people will complain and tell the rangers and then another trail will plowed, destroyed, like Rocky Ridge.
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Review Date
September 17, 2007 Overall Rating
5 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty
5 of 5
Technical Difficulty
5 of 5
Ridden Trail:
Once a month
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Reviewed by: rreilly
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Cross Country Rider Summary:
If you're looking for fun, challenging technical singletrack...then this is it. The key to optimizing your fun at ST is to minimize fireroad usage and ride the singletracks both ways...without dabbing or resting. This gets high aerobic and technical ratings if ridden super-aggressively...make sure to attack Rocky Ridge hard going up without resting or dabbing...and try to Super-D descend it well under 10 minutes. Recommended Route:
Following is a great out-and-back with a little of everything thrown in: Park at the corner of Bernal and Heaton Moore. Start road riding into the park and turn left on the dirt road at the first big curve. Then a quick right onto the Ohlone singletrack, and left onto Hidden Springs, and follow the dirt road around the left side of the parking lot through the old corral. At the end of the corral make a right through the meadow, and then left onto Pueblo up past the small upper parking lot, down the hill and then right onto Stile Ranch for a great little climb-descent-climb-descent. Follow Fortini, right on Mine, and right on Rocky Ridge for one of the best technical singletrack climbs around.
If you can make this from the car all the way to the top...without stopping for rest AND without dabbing...you're a pretty good rider in pretty good shape!
Then turn around and head back the way you came and enjoy the reverse direction climb on Stile Ranch. Other recommended trails in the same area:
Skeggs, UCSC/Wilder, Demo, Coe, Montebello/Gap/Longridge.
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